My sweet niece performing "Picking Apples" at her Chinese folk dance concert today.
We just love Mei-Mei. She’s God’s gift to us. My sister and brother-in-law adopted her at the age of two from a Chinese orphanage in Beijing.
Traditional sushi rollover. Podcast & article by Trevor Carson of The Atlantic
Text of The Atlantic article here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/sushi
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The Concierge | Eating Cheaply (But Well) - The Moment Blog #foodlust
Yum! Makes me want to go to New York now! Dim sum, pho, congee, curries, burgers, sushi, soba, and more.
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Noise at Yellow Mountain - Painting by my sister on exhibit at Artists of Hawai‘i 2009
More information on the Honolulu Academy of the Arts Artists of Hawai‘I 2009 show:
http://www.honoluluacademy.org/aoh/index.htm
Show continues through August 16, 2009
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Moved today by Elizabeth Bishop poem "One Art" on NPR's Marketplace today. Read the story, or better yet listen. http://bit.ly/aPwc5 #fb
Audio link and transcript at http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/05/11/pm_poetry_one_art
"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
"One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
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Cool stuff at Aegis Co-op, Shanxi Nan Lu, Shanghai via @shanghaiist #fb
Via @shanghaiist
Aegis Co-op, 80 Shan Xi Nan Lu near Julu Lu. 陕西南路 80号 进巨鹿路
http://www.aegiscoop.com/
Email: info@aegiscoop.com
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Stellar video. It doesn't take much to do good. #fb
via vimeo.com
I love how Scott Harrison, founder of Charity:Water works.
He's uncovered a Call, tapped into a positive passion, and created a cause that is worthy, just, humanly and spiritually right.
He breaks down what looks like an impossible task into doable, bite-sized pieces, and invites others to join.
You may or may not decide to support Charity:Water but there is something that we all can do to make our immediate world and the World beyond a better, safer, healthier, happier place.
What are you doing? What are we doing?
*find out more about Charity:Water at http://www.charitywater.org/
Follow Charity Water on Twitter at @charitywater
Follow Scott Harrison on Twitter at @scottharrison
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There are chutneys and then there are chutneys. And then there are these. #fb
I grew up on hand-bottled chutneys made with unripened mangos picked from Hawaii's backyard trees. Mmm! However, just as I have leapt beyond the confines of our island paradise to explore the great beyond, so have my taste buds.
This article by Monica Bhide posted on NPR opens up the wider world of chutneys and includes recipes for Savory Mini Cheesecakes with Red Pepper and Green Tomatillo Chutney, Green Chutney Chicken, and Mint-Cilantro Chutney.
I especially want to try the mint-cilantro chutney (pictured last here).
Via NPR
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